Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor. Cassidy previously led an amicus brief in this case supporting parents’ constitutional right to be notified of and able to...

WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to advance eight of President Trump’s nominees at the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Under the leadership of HELP Chair Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), the Committee has voted to...

WASHINGTON – Today, June 26, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on multiple nominations at the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Agenda:  Nomination of Penny Schwinn to serve as Deputy Secretary of Education, Department of...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, June 26, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on multiple nominations at the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Agenda:  Nomination of Penny Schwinn to serve as Deputy Secretary of Education, Department of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on the nomination of Susan Monarez to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.. Click here to watch the hearing live.  Cassidy’s speech as prepared for...

WASHINGTON, June 25 – As Senate Republicans attempt to ram through legislation to cut health care for 16 million Americans in order to give tax breaks to billionaires without a single hearing or substantive debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released a new...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), ranking member of the HELP Committee, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), John Hickenlooper (D-CO)...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), ranking member of the HELP Committee, Rick Scott (R-FL), chair of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging,...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, June 26, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on multiple nominations at the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Agenda:  Nomination of Penny Schwinn to serve as Deputy Secretary of Education, Department of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on Trump administration nominations for the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.    The nominations include: Jonathan Berry to be Solicitor,...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, June 25, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Susan Monarez to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Agenda: Nomination of Susan Monarez to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department...

WASHINGTON, June 16 – After Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired every member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an unprecedented decision that will make it harder for Americans to access safe and effective vaccines, Sen. Bernie Sanders...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Tim Scott (R-SC), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Strengthening Benefit Plans Act of 2025. This legislation would allow for overfunded 401(h) retiree pension accounts to be transferred...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), requested information from health care providers across the country on the impact of Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill. This bill will slash federal health care programs by over $1 trillion and throw 16...

WASHINGTON, June 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) today introduced the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act, legislation that would ban prescription drug advertising on television, radio, print, digital platforms and social media....

WASHINGTON, June 11 – As President Trump and Senate Republicans rush forward with their budget reconciliation bill – which would throw 16 million people off of their health insurance – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), alongside every Democratic member of the HELP...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, June 18, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on three Trump administration nominees for the Department of Labor and one for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.    The nominations include:   Jonathan Berry to be Solicitor, Department of Labor  Andrew Rogers to...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released historic legislation to fix the broken higher education system that continues to fail students and trap them in a cycle of overwhelming college debt.  “American higher education has lost its purpose....

WASHINGTON, June 9 – After Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced he would remove every member of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and...

WASHINGTON, June 6 – After the Trump administration attempted to shutter the nation’s largest jobs training program for low-income and at-risk young people, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 39 Senate colleagues, today sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary...